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bhagavanto 34) is not very explicit but may imply something of that type. A rather advanced stage of the UH (different sarpinis, different continents) is depicted in the concluding portion of Samavāya 35. A. Weber's account of this tract 36 is not very favourable but the text seems to be old, and basically the treatment of the subject is systematic. Our fig. 3 shows that four sarpinis and two continents (Bharata, Airāvata) are considered, so that the system of the 63 great men could theoretically occur eight times 37.
In fig. 3 (designed by us) we have employed for each category (Triad = one category) one box. However, only 15 out of 32 possible series are given in Samavāya (and only 13 with names) so that 17 boxes remain empty. The 15 boxes with numbers stand for a greater or lesser amount of information as the case may be (details below). We have always (i.e. in 13 cases) entered the name of the first member of the series in the box. The order in Samavāya (our nos. 1-15) is not in keeping with the logic of the system. We can add that the relative density of data (varying extent of information) is not ruled by recognizable principles, while the distribution of the 15 series (full vs. empty boxes) is, on the whole, understandable.
In the following list, the fifteen series are arranged in groups (i-vi: from the minimum to the maximum of information, compare the text):
(i) Slots: 14-15. Several slots (S.I. p. 383, lines 8-15). (ii) Names: 1-2, 7-9, 13. (iii) Names and slots: 11-12. Several slots (S.I, p. 382, lines 15-16,
17-20). (iv) Names, names of wives: 3.
Names, names in the previous human existences ( 2), slots:
10. Six slots. (vi) Names (not in full) and fillers: 4-6. Many slots (with fillers) in
the case of 4, several slots (with fillers) in the case of 5-6. « Names >> refers to the names of the (7 or 10) Kulakaras and the (24-12-27) mahāpurusas. The number of the Kulakaras is not uniform in the various occurrences of the system. The total of names is considerable
34. SCHUBRING, Ac., p. 17, lines 16-17. This is what W. SCHUBRING calls « prosestyle » (ibid., p. 48, lines 16-19; p. 51, lines 19-21 on «4 A »). The passage appears on p. 13, line 27 of S.I.
35. SCHUBRING, Doctrine, 13. 36. WEBER, Ind. Stud., 16, p. 293.
37. For the various realizations (occurrences) of the system refer to the following: SCHUBRING, Doctrine, § 13 (in combination with $$ 119-120). PPN s.v. «Kulagara » etc. S. JHA (fn. 27), pp. 62-87.
